You post and write really well for 13, man-- good on you. The only thing you need to learn is to post a question one time, in one subforum, don't post the same question like four times in four hours.
You have your mids set at 0? No wonder it sounds harsh and trebly at normal volume. Turn those up to at least 4-actually, depending on your guitar, I'd start them at like 6 and then turn down little bits until you like what you hear.
Tell your parents "okay, this is going to be really loud but I need to try something here, these guys on the internet seem know what they're talking about" and try this:
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then start gradually turning down the Master and Lead Master until the windows stop rattling. As you turn down you will probably need to inch up the Treble a little bit and maybe the Lead Drive too. But just tiny bits at a time.
Also, and this may sound weird, but as you increase the Treble, Volume or Lead Drive, try turning your guitar volume down a little bit. I find, and this is just my experience, that super-high-output pickups can make Mark-series amps sound harsh and mushy. When this amp was designed in the mid-80s pickups were nowhere near as hot as modern EMGs or something. I used to play Rectos and they sound great with hot pickups and a boost slamming them, but Marks, not so much.
As for a 1x12 a Mark III into a single V30 is pretty harsh-sounding. I have used 1x12s with Eminence Legens V12s and EVM-12s and they both sounded good. However, at bedroom practice levels speaker choice is not really a big deal because the speaker will hardly be working at all and you generally don't hear a speaker's "character" until you smack it pretty hard.
Power-wise the V30 will handle it no problem at the volumes you're playing at in your bedroom, the amp won't put out 60 or 100 watts until you're really cranked.
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CoG said:
New caps really depends on whether you have a reasonably ethical tech who knows what he's doing. Seriously, I wouldn't worry about it.
When you say it sounds worse cranked, what do you mean?
Are you still doing that thing with the EQ where all the sliders are above the middle line? Don't do that.
The idea with EQ is to take away what you don't want so you hear more of what you do. Take mids out before you start boosting the bass.
Do you still have the Deep switch in? The bassiness and flubbiness from the Deep switch will get worse the louder you turn up the amp. It's really only meant for clean tones and thin-sounding single coil pickups.
And yeah, generally with a 4x12 the amp will sound best and/or like it's supposed to when you're standing more than ten or twelve feet away from it. That's a cab thing, not the amp. Again, if you are mostly playing in your bedroom or jamming in the basement, a 1x12 cab is a great idea-- you can turn the amp up a little louder for the same volume.
When I turn it up past that volume spike between 1.5 and 2, it starts sounding harsh and trebley. Settings for low volumes (sounds like tits): http://www.chain-metal.nl/mark3/?bg=3&d1=100&d2=70&d3=0&d4=0&d5=20&d6=70&p6=1&d7=15&p=10&g1=70&g2=50&g3=15&g4=45&g5=25&t=Low+volume+tone
I pushed in the deep. I think it's sounding really good at those volumes, but starts to get harsh as I turn it up. And if I get a 1x12 with one V30 that's 60 watts, will I still be able to run my 100 watt head through it? If not, would the half-power switch work? BTW, this is my first Boogie, i've only been playing it for around 1-2 months, sorry if i'm clueless. Plus, i'm only 13.
